Screening of CAMILA, an Oscar nominee from Argentina

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From 29 May to 1 June, Cinema Mentiré brings to the UK Daring to Dare: The Films of María Luisa Bemberg, a retrospective of trailblazing Argentinian filmmaker María Luisa Bemberg (1922-1995) to celebrate her extraordinary legacy on the 30th anniversary of her passing.

Bemberg’s work was a revelation compared to the cinema made in Argentina and Latin America at the time, both for its formal characteristics (how she worked with film genres, especially the melodrama) and for its thematic and political issues, addressing feminist demands centred on women’s autonomy. She confronted official accounts and what seemed to be established truths, forging a genealogy in which women were inscribed in a history that recognised their work, struggles, and achievements.

The programme at Ciné Lumière will include the London premiere of the newly restored copies of her most acclaimed films, including the Oscar-nominated and forever favourite Camila (1984). The screening on 31 May will be especially introduced by Dr Denise Miller, and will be followed by a drinks reception, with a glass of wine kindly offered by the Embassy of Argentina in the UK. For those who cannot make it that day, a second screening will take place on Sunday, 1 June.

📅 31 May, 4.00pm + Intro by Dr Denise Miller + Drinks reception 🍷
📅 1 June, 3.45pm

CAMILA (1984, 109min)

Camila O’Gorman is a young woman raised within the confines of traditional upper-class values in mid-19th-century Argentina, according to which virginity and dedication to domestic virtues are a mandate. A romantically rebellious spirit that speaks out against the injustices of her day, she falls in love with Ladislao Gutiérrez, a Jesuit priest. Their impassioned, ill-fated affair compels the couple to defy government, family, and the church as they confront the forces of authority and tradition. Based on the legendary true story of Camila O’Gorman and having been produced as the curtain began to fall on the Argentinian dictatorship, Camila is as much a political statement at its release as the lovers’ action in the 1840s. Bemberg’s most popular production, being among the top ten most-watched films of all time in Argentinian cinema, it also earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film.

Take a look at the full programme HERE.

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